Originally posted by hondaboi
hey ashzero:
Just curious as to how your turbo is doing? Its been over a month now....got any updates? Have you dynoed the car? how is your fuel consumption? how often to you have to change oil? (more often that usual?)
Im just wondering on the status..because im interested to know how its doing..
thanks!
my turbo's still going strong...
i up the boost to 9psi like a month ago and it's been real fun...went to the dyno few days ago and only bad thing is that they could not tune afc in high vtec map, meaning that changes in afc did not register in engine since a/f ratio was erratic and could not be adjusted...i'll have 2x check the wiring of afc and reset the ecu...maybe that'll help...
fuel consumption's very similar to way it was before...i do 1/2 highway 1/2 city driving and i get 350miles consistantly per fillup...
i haven't changed the oil since, but i really should...just for safety reasons...i think 2500-3000 interval is good...i used to do it every 4000-5000 before the turbo (i use mobile-1 exclusively)...
good news is that in LVT (low vtec map), which is basically from 0rpm - 5000rpm, i made 210some lbs of torque at ~2800rpm...
hp was still climbing up, but couldnt be completed since HVT map couldn't be tuned...
goddamn i hate auto*****ty in northern va...has good reputation, but their tuner really had no idea what was going on with my car...and i still got charged full rate....what a SOBs....
Originally posted by Dr. Reef
ash, thanks for the big post answering my questions.
I guess I will be accumulating parts this fall so I may have more questions in the future.
Thanks again a ton.
I too was also wondering how it has been running since you got it fixed?
Also, did you have to get a MAP bypass switch or bleeder?
Any problems idleing? Guess on HP?
thanks again.
i don't use bleeder/missing link...
and car pulls very very nicely from 2500 to redline...9psi compared to 5psi is like...heaven and earth! but of course, i do exercise caution in driving my car...as always, sensible driving is the key!